Hinds County Supervisor Kenneth Stokes tried to understand flood control. Was even worried about the dam breaking.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Stokes tries to understand flood control
Nothing like some Precious Branding
In the year of the Mayoralship of Charles Tillman (I)
Didn't see this one coming. Dilday, Precious, and Brand busted and all of them pointing their fingers at each other. I would be lying if I said I didn't find this quite amusing. Everyone knows about the attack ads levied at Yarber. Chokwe Octavian Augustus Lumumba (I went ahead and Caesarized him) denounced the ads. The Clarion-Ledger suffered from an outbreak of serious reporting:
Vote today.
We got a Mayoratorial race in Jackson today. Consider this an open thread.
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Monday, April 21, 2014
Irony.
Paul Gallo said the Tea Party was acting like Democrats. Hmmm..... and who takes government money? Supertalk or the Tea Party?
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JPD arrests teens accused of carjacking, sexual assualt
The Jackson Police Department issued the following press release:
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Interesting.
Hinds County Supervisor Tony Greer brought up the issue of charging Jackson more money for the cost of housing prisoners. He used this information to justify his stance:
Latest crime stats
Here are the latest crime stats for Jackson, Rankin County, Byram, Clinton, and Madison. Yes, I am still having to file public records requests to get crime reports since Mayor Lumumba took them down off of the city website when he assumed office.
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Airwave termination
I forgot to post this video of the termination of the Airwave contract by the Hinds County Board of Supervisors a month ago. The board voted 3-2 to terminate the contract. The board awarded a $4.2 million contract to maintain the county radio system in 2008. The county was paying nearly $70,000 per month. Emergency Operations Center Director Ricky Moore said his department could assume many of the functions. Mr. Moore also discussed his rather interesting dealings with Airwave:
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Dem Bones
Came across this scene on Turner Classic Movies while channel-surfing yesterday. Awesome clip.
Questions for the Prime Minister
Best political theater on tv and it's real.
Barack Chamberlain?
Matthew Kaminski wrote a very penetrating column that appeared in the Wall Street Journal a few days ago. Guess Ukraine has learned the hard way not to depend on the U.S. for help:
Friday, April 18, 2014
This week on Ben Allen Show
Ben Allen discussed the One Lake plan with John McGowan and Dallas Quinn on his radio show Tuesday. Since this is not a sponsored post, comments are allowed.
Just a coincidence.
Compare the vocations of members of the Jackson Public School District Board of Trustees to those of other local school board members. The vocations and district ratings are posted below. There is a trend. I was not able to obtain the vocations for Hinds and Canton school board members. Of course, the trend has nothing to do with school performance. Nothing at all.
Samarion execs indicted in two states
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued this press release:
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Remembering the Titanic
Note: Posted this two years ago. I thought I would post this again since today is the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
This week is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. I thought it would be interesting to pull up the local newspapers to see how they reported the disaster so I went to the Department of Archives yesterday and copied some of the coverage from the Jackson Daily News and Jackson Clarion-Ledger. The stories are posted below. I apologize for their configuration. I was copying from microfiche and the newspapers back then were printed using very small columns. Part of the print itself was blurry regardless of the adjustments made on the machine. The stories are posted below. The easiest way to read them is to download them so you can rotate and maximize the view as need be.
Company was not a good Samarion
Here is an interesting little complaint filed in bankruptcy court in 2011 against Ridgeland-based Samarion, Inc, Samarion officers, and several directors. The bankruptcy trustee alleged Mark Rodgers and Samer N'Ser raised over $16 million from investors to finance the creation of a super duper new-fangled hi-tech patient monitoring system for healthcare facilities. However, the company ended up filing bankruptcy. Here are some nice little excerpts from the complaint.
Need a good burger? Head East.
WJNT yesterday
Pete Perry appeared on the show to discuss the Senate and Mayoratorial elections.
Paying to play at the Rez
The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District issued the following press release:
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
60 months!
Judge Keith Starrett sentenced Claiborne Frazier to sixty months in prison, $10,000 fine, and supervised release for three years.
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The Nosef-Tea Party food fight goes national
The public spat between Mississippi GOP Chairman Joe Nosef and the Central Mississippi Tea Party became more public as Breitbart.com picked up the story. Breitbart reported:
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014
The Real Face of Mississippi Government
Meet the real face of Mississippi government: Frontier Strategies. Frontier is rapidly becoming the gatekeeper for all things political in Mississippi, as it lands state contracts and lobbies for clients while serving as Governor Phil Bryant's campaign manager. The chart below shows the breadth of the Frontier wingspan. The company was formed by politicos Josh Gregory and Quenton Dickerson in 2003.
How one town broadened its broadband.
It's no secret Jackson's bid to obtain C-Spire's new high-speed internet services was rejected by the company. The decision means Jacksonians must obtain internet service from either AT&T or Comcast. The speed of AT&T leaves something to be desired and well, let's face it, not everyone is enthralled with Comcast. A situation faced by more than a few cities. Lafayette, Louisiana took care of the problem itself. Lafayette built its own fiber-optic network. Will it be a waste of money or a good return on investment? Time will tell. USA Today reported two years ago:
Nosef fires back
Mississippi GOP Chairman Joe Nosef issued this statement after the Central Mississippi Tea Party called for his resignation:
Monday, April 14, 2014
Fatality on Hoy Road
The Madison Police Department issued the following press release:
Ben Allen show tomorrow: all things Pearl River
John McGowan and Dallas Quinn will appear on Ben Allen's radio show tomorrow on WJNT, 1180 AM to discuss the flooding and the One Lake project. Very timely appearance. Call-in number is 601-366-1180. The show is also available on the Tunein Radio app. Show runs from 8:05 to 9:00 AM.
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Senate race FOOD FIGHT!!!
There will be a Senate race update in a couple of days but the race turned a little more ugly today. The knives have been replaced by lead pipes and crowbars.
Jackson mayoral race edition of We Report, You Decide.
The Jackson Advocate published this letter endorsing Chokwe Lumumba, Jr. for Mayor. Since the newspaper has a limited circulation and does not have a diverse readership, JJ is posting the letter in an effort to help the Jackson Advocate reach more readers.
Blast from the past
Who can forget this um, line of Bull. Hard to believe its been 22 years.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Baker slams MDOT
Representative Mark Baker (R-Attorney General) wears out MDOT in this short clip of debate that took place in the last week of the legislative session:
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Argument for argument's sake
Don't feel like blogging today so here is some Flying Circus.
Friday, April 11, 2014
Chokwe Lumumba's last interview
Here is Chokwe Lumumba's last known interview before he passed away. Yes Magazine interviewed him about the upcoming Jackson Rising conference and his plans to transform Jackson. Some excerpts:
When the levee breaks.....
Here are some ariel photos of the floodwater around Jackson. End of Westbrook is included.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Local attorney found dead.
JJ learned that attorney J.B. Goodsell was found dead today at his home by Rankin County authorities. Sheriff Bryan Bailey said his office responded to a welfare check request by family members. An autopsy is ordered but no foul play is suspected.
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Morgan Shands & his sister Rachel Shands Buser indicted
A Bolivar County grand jury indicted Morgan Shands and his sister for embezzling over $613,834 for "his own use" from the Mississippi Delta American Legion Post #1776. Mr. Shands and Rachel Sands Buser were charged with two counts of embezzlement. Mr. Shands is the former campaign manager for then-Lieutenant Governor candidate Billy Hewes.
15 yrs for Lester the Molester
Rankin-Madison District Attorney Michael Guest issued the following press release:
Faulkner in Hollywood
The scribe from Oxford made a name for himself in Hollywood as a scriptwriter in his younger days. Garden & Gun magazine published a very good story on this time of Mr. Faulkner's life. A noted author, he was still broke, stuck in a marriage where the loathing was mutual, and unsure of where he was in life. Kind of like Frank Sinatra before he landed the Maggio role in From Here to Eternity.
In 1932, a rising writer from Mississippi found himself amid the bright lights and dry heat of Tinseltown, at the start of what would become a lengthy dalliance with the screenwriting biz. In the wilds of L.A., Faulkner met movie stars, found a bourbon haunt, chased true love, and tried to stay sane in a place that often seemed very far from homeClick Here to Read More..
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
WJNT this morning
Jackson City Councilman Tony Yarber appeared on the show this morning. He discussed last night's election results and took phone calls from the listeners.
Precinct results
35,522 people voted yesterday. An increase of roughly two thousand votes over the primary last year if memory serves me. Here is the precinct report for the primary.
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At least they didn't run for Mayor.
Congrats to Chokwe Lumumba, Jr. and Tony Yarber. Congrats to the rest of the candidates. Not easy. Raising money, door-knocking, asking for votes. Then everyone is an expert. They always have better ideas on how to campaign but never quite seem to be able to get around to running for office themselves. Having written that little sentence, taking a break this morning. Here is a story that should keep you entertained. Pearl prostitutes busted. Damn, have our dregs of society gotten that bad?
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Election night thread. It's YARBER & LUMUMBA
Here we are. Another election night. Another campaign behind us. Time to find out who wins, who loses. Lets get started.
Stamps handicaps the race.
City Councilman De'Keither Stamps discusses the race in this video. Last three minutes or so were pretty good.
Rising to the top?
Speaking of civilization, the Jackson Rising crowd as a few things to say about the election. Enjoy.
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Barbarians at the gates
It's election day. We face decisions that must be made. Crime. Education. Water problems, road problems. Problems, problems, problems. However, there is one problem even greater than them all. Something which threatens the very foundation of our society, our culture, yea even civilization itself.
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